Shaping device for hats



Aug. 17, 1937. M. NNNNNNNNNNNN ER 0,

Filed July 18 1 IIlIIlIl/l////// 7 a? im,

Patented Aug. 17, 1937 Ufiii FATET OFFIQE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to shaping devices for hats and more particularly to shaping accessories used with the standard shaping block to effect a variety of shapes and forms.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide shaping accessories which can be secured interchangeably to the conventional blocking crown for the purpose of shaping hats to any desired form.

Another object is to provide a shaping accessory which can be attached to the standard shaping blocks in a very simple manner without altering the block itself.

Another object is to provide a shaping accessory which lends itself to positioning on any part of the crown of the standard shaping block.

Due to the ever continuous changing of styles in ladies hats it is necessary for a manufacturer of such to provide blocking units to correspond 20 to the size and shapes of the styles desired. Since each individual style must be made in several sizes and a complete blocking unit provided for every size, it can be seen that cost of such procedure is a very important factor in manufactur- 25 ing overhead.

It is therefore the purpose of my invention to i provide auxiliary forms which can be secured interchangeably to the conventional shaping block for the purpose of efiecting any design, shape or size without the necessity of using a variety of independent integral blocking units for each of such change of style or size. These auxiliary forms are shaped so that their outer surfaces correspond to the style desired and the inner surfaces are shaped complementally to the crown of the standard shaping block. The latter permits the auxiliary form to be positioned on any part of the crown of the block, to provide modifications of the style of such form.

Referring to the drawing, it will be seen that Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the conventional shaping blocks with one form of my auxiliary shaping unit secured thereto;

Fig. 2 is a cross section. of the upper portion of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form of auxiliary shaping unit;

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of Fig. 3 taken 5 on line 4- showing particularly the inner convex surface of the shaping unit;

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of another form of shaping unit;

Fig. 6 is a view of another form of shaping unit 55 showing a modified fOllIl of construction;

Fig. '7 is a view showing the manner of securing the fastening pins to the shaping units.

As shown in Fig. l, I make use of the conventional skull crown shaping block it which is provided with the usual curved surface II. To this surface I attach any one of the auxiliary shaping forms shown in the figures or any other form corresponding to a style desired. Referring particularly to Figs. 1 and 2 it will be seen that the shaping accessory shown therein is formed like a paraboloid, while that shown in Figs. 3 and 4 is shaped ovally with a convex outer surface.

The shaping accessory shown in Fig. 5 is formed to simulate a triangle while that of Fig. 6 is shaped to that of a hyperboloid. While only a few of the shaping accessories are shown it will be understood that other forms of shaping units corresponding to various styles of hats desired can be used.

The auxiliary forms represented generally by numeral l 2 have outer surfaces 53 shaped to conform to the difierent styles to which the hats are to be molded, and have inner concave surfaces l4 shaped complementally to the top of the crown skull shaping block so that they can be positioned anywhere on the crown of said block. Each of these forms I2 is provided with a plurality of pins 55, preferably 3 in number, whose ends are threaded as at E6, for permanent securement to the form, and whose opposite ends are shaped as at H to permit simple attachment to the shaping block. It will be noted that due to the size and shape of the pins no damage will be don-e to the crown by the continuous attachment and detachment of the shaping forms. As will be seen these shaping forms can be interchangeably secured and positioned on top of. the shaping block in any one of a number of diiferent positions to form a complete blocking unit. The form is detached merely by pulling it away from the block.

In Fig. 6 I show a modified form of construction of a shaping accessory in which the inner concave surface is provided with a rubber lining I8 to provide a close contact between the shaping accessory and the crown of the block. This is used in cases where the surfaces are not strictly complemental.

It will be understood that various types, sizes and shapes. of auxiliary forms can be made and used without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I claims:

1. In combination with a skull crown block having a substantially spherical surface, a hat having an outer surface of. predetermined shape "conforming with the particular style ofhat to be shaped, said accessory having aninner concave V shaped suriace'to cooperate with the spherical surface of the block; whereby said accessory is attachable in any one of a number of positions on said block, the outer surface of the accessory cooperating with the exposed spherical surface of the block to produce a complete-distinct shaping contour. V V p r 2. In combination with a skull crown block having a substantially spherical surface, a 'hat shaping accessory comprising a body portion hav- 15 ing an outer surface of predetermined shape con- 2 V V aoeo iss' forming with the particular style of hat to be shaped, said accessory having an inner concave shaped surface to cooperate with the spherical surface of the block and means for detachably connecting said body portion of the accessory to the crown portion of the block, comprising a plurality of pin members attached to the concave inner surface of the accessory and adapted for insertion in the block, whereby, the accessory may be mounted in any desired position throughout the spherical surface of the block, the outer surface of the accessory cooperating with the exposed spherical surface'of the block to produce 

